Improved clothes-mangle



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HAMILTON ERASTUS SMITH, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MARY JANE SMITH, OE SAME PLACE.

Lette/rs Patent No. 96,359, dated November 2, 1869; antodatccl October 16, 1869.

To all whom it may concern Be it Aknown that I, HAMILTON EnAsrUs SMITH, of theecity of New York, in the county and State of New York, have' invented a new and improved Clothes-Mangle; and I do hereby declare that .the

following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

which `will enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part ot' this specification, in

Whch.-'

Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my improved clothes-mangle. e

Figures 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sections of the same, taken' on the plane of the line :o x, tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

vThis invention relates to a new clothes-mangle, which is so arranged that a suitable degree of pressure can be brought to bear on the clothes or other articles that are woundupon a roller, and so that Vno pressure or power is uselessly expended on the roller that carries the clothes, and to obtain continuous action in one direction.

The object of the invention is to combine the advantages ofthe old English box-mangle, on which theA clothes are smoothened between two surfaces, of which one is stationary and the other in motion, with those ofthe modern roller-mangles, in which considerable spring-pressure can be applied, so as to economize room, by doing away with the bulky weights.

Ihe invention consists chieiiy in the application of a cylindrical shell, fitted around a revolving drum or shaft, the shell .heilig held by springs concentrically around the said shaft.

An annular space is formed between the shaft and shell, large enough to permit the roller, upon which the clothes are to be wound, to t-ravel in the saine, without affecting the position ofthe shell.l

When clothes or other articles are wound upon the roller, the same will become larger than the said annular space, and will, when placed into the space, canse the shell to yield, so that it will be eccentric to the shaft.-

When the' shaft is revolved, it will carry the roller around with it, and will thereby cause the shell to be pushed against the springs on that side on which the roller may be held. .The articles on the roller will therefore be continually exposed to the ,pressure of the springs, and will he thoroughly smoothened.

The pressure of the springs can vbe regulated at will.

A, in the drawing, represents a shaft or drum, having its bearings in a frame, B, which is of suitable form and construction.

O is a cylindrical shell, made of wood, metal, or other suitable material, fastened, by means of springs D D, to the frame B, so as to surround the drum or shaft A, as in iig. 2.

'lheshell O'is thus in elast-ic bearings, and can, by

lateral pressure, be moved to compress some and ex pand otherl springs, and to-stand eccentric on the drum.

A door, a, is formed in the shell, as part of the same, and can be opened to introduce a roller, E, in the annular space b, formed between the drum and shell. p

The diameter of the roller should not exceed the width of the space b, so that the roller will, when in the space, fit into it, without straining any spring I),

v as in fig. 2.

The clothes or other articles to be smoothened are wound upon the roller, and are then introduced, through the door a, into the space b.

The size ofthe roller is, by the articles wound upon it, so increased that it will, whenl introduced in the machine, force the shell to one side, as in tig. 3.

When the drum A is revolved, by applying muscular or other power to a crank, o, or otherwise, the roller, with the clothes on it, will be. carried around with it, and will rotate around its own axis and around that ofthe drum.

It will, by the former rotation, expose new surfaces constantly to the pressure of the springs, while, by the latter motion, it changes its position in relation to the various springs.

The shell is forced against the springs wherever the roller may be, and constant pressure on the clothes is thus produced.

The spring-power can be regulated by means of screws d d, or by other equivalent means, so that the pressureapplied may be regulated at will.

This mangio combines all the 'advantages of the aforementioned old nlangles. It provides for a double motion ofthe roller on which the clothes are wound,

as in the old English triangle, and it econolnizes space by applying spring-power, as in the new elastic rollermangles.

The space occupied would, however, not be much increased by securing weighted cords or ropes to the shell, to take the place of the springs, and I do, therefore, not confine myself to the use ofthe springs, as

their equivalents may be applied with equal advantage.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- vA clothes-mangle, consisting'of the revolving drum 

